ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. l8l 
leaves and strong large-leaved flowering shoots, it differs much from 
the type. I have seen it only at Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where 
it bore the name dasyphyllum. Origin unknown. 
Observation. — Var. Pottsii of gardens. The so-called var. Pottsii 
was brought by the late Mr. Potts of Edinburgh from the Jardin des 
Plantes in Paris about 1875 ; it is stated (see Gard. Chronicle, 1907, ii. 
275) to be smaller in all its parts than the type. The plant as I have 
seen it in several gardens is not distinct, and Sir Isaac Bayley 
Balfour, who is well versed in its history, confirms the opinion that 
it is only type. 
A var. majus has been mentioned in gardening papers, but I know 
nothing of it. 
5. hrevifolium needs perfect drainage for its successful cultivation. 
Save for the Kew plant, all the half-dozen specimens which I have 
Fig. ioi. — 5. anglicum Hudson. 
seen were labelled with the erroneous names of farinosiim or Pittoni. 
The specific name is descriptive of the very short leaves. 
78. Sedum anglicum Hudson (fir^. loi). 
S. anglicum Hudson, " Flora Anglica " (ed. 2).. 196, 1778. Masters 
in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 716. 
Illustrations. — Sowerby, " Engl. Bot." (ed. 3), pi. 531 . Cusin and Ansberque, 
"Herb. Flor. Fran^aise, Crassul.," tab. 22. 
A pretty little plant, brightening rocky ground in our islands with 
its pinkish starry flowers, and later its red fruit. WTien out of 
